El principio non bis in idem en el derecho disciplinario del abogado, en Colombia

Abstract

The practice of law in Colombia is regulated by the law 1123/2007, which provides the duties, incompatibilities, conduct classified as misdemeanors, penalties and the procedures for the practice of the professional activity. However, as happens in other fields of administrative sanctions activities, neither this law nor any other law regulates the implications of the non bis in idem principle; sometimes leaving gaps that have been filled up by the Constitutional Court or the Council of State. Nonetheless, they should have been further developed by the legislature, as the disciplinable subject is in each case depending on the sway of interpretations made by the legislator in turn.